The Chapel of Notre-Dame de la Visitation

Between 1180 and 1350 the spice trade was active. Smugglers or, perhaps, honest merchants, to thank the Virgin Mary for their many safe journeys through the Vanoise, had this chapel erected in 1536 (testament of the late Jean Perrin) in place of one of their shelters. It was remodelled in 1632, 1710 and 1841 each time in the same spirit. This chapel sheltered ex-voto paintings of mule-drivers and a black virgin, which has now sadly disappeared.